India, Nov. 17 -- Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday held a roundtable with top Japanese industry leaders in Tokyo, focusing on expanding Indo-Japanese cooperation across the energy value chain.

Puri said India's growing energy demand, large-scale infrastructure push, and reform-driven policies-combined with Japan's technological strengths-create a "natural partnership" for developing secure and sustainable energy systems in the Indo-Pacific.

He noted that during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Japan in August, both countries adopted the India-Japan Joint Vision for the Next Decade. Building on the progress toward the 2022-26 target of JPY 5 trillion in Japanese investment, the two nations have now s...